Apparently a list of Swift Boat Veterans was left in a comment in August 2004 by a commenter who no longer visits these pages anymore. It languished there for almost two years unread, and unnoticed by anyone until some enterprising soul found it and said list made its way to the Huffington Post (comments, apparently).
A right-wing blogger has made it his quest to have me remove the list (which in all honesty I had not even remembered being there) or he is threatening to out me and my family. Well, I am not a big fan of outing anyone for any reason. The Swift Boat folks have their right to speak, as do I and Mr. Stogie Chomper, and they don't deserve to be threatened for their political views, just as I don't nor does anyone else. Period.
Bottom line: I deleted those comments as soon as I found them off a link from The American Spectator. Had Mr. Stogie Chomper given me the link, they would have been gone sooner. Had anyone pointed it out, I probably would have deleted them long ago...anyone who is a long time reader will remember that once-upon-a-time, there was not comment moderation here and I'm guessing that list might have been posted back then, which is why I did not remember it.
I certainly would have like to have known before now that I was causing all these problems. I am only too happy to have deleted the information. I don't know where the commenter got it, but it seemed to have been off a list of some sort, it was pretty well organized.
List gone, problem solved, I hope. Never meant to be the cause of such bother and worry.
Peace.
posted by Jo Fish on 07.02.06 at 05:01 PM
Comments:
The twit made it to the Brain and then I bumped into him again at Bulldog's place. While he might have a point (about the addresses) he's still a bleedin' idiot. Have you seen his blog?
Hey Jo,
I came across your blog and was interested because I am third generation navy and rather conservative.
I can tell by reading your blog that we probably differ on a lot of things, perhaps even most.
But your depiction of the 'errant' post you discussed in "Gone" isn't one of them.
I can't quite tell why you felt compelled to remove the post/names, but I wish you would have kept them, If they met your stanards.
Your website, Your words, Your Right. I served to ensure Constitutional rights to you and all Americans (albeit in my own small way).
So hang tight, express your opinions (and I'll stay off your site, 'cause I REALLY don't agree with almost all of your suppositions... lol)
posted by: Retired Navy on 07.02.06 at 06:02 PM [permalink]
Retired,
I took them down only because some of my more intemperate brethern feel that it's OK to pay the folks on the other side of the aisle back with their own medicine, and I don't want to be party to that, now or ever. This is one case where it's clearly not. I did not remember that comment being there, and I don't approve stuff like that now. If there's any more out there, I'd be equally as quick to get rid of it again.
I appreciate your kind words. The ideological divide seems narrower when talking to actual vets than it does when you are talking to someone who is clueless. -sigh- just the way it is, I guess.
I respect and appreciate Jo's actions and I don't think there are many, if any, of us who are regular waders in this pool who think Jo would intentionally poison the water. There are some who can rationalize being a party to harrassment. Jo isn't one of them.
posted by: DBK on 07.07.06 at 01:14 PM [permalink]
